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VOL XXXVII.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914. EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull
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No. 32
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N! KADO'S EMPIRE WOULD
GERMANS 001
FORCE DeveIpment Of The Day
flC TUC CUD rflPT Reported By Associated Press
U I" I II t rflli tflO I j Dispatches To Coos Bay Times
BLUFORD
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m o if
T OISAST
Germany Disregarded Japan's Ultimatum to Withdraw Troops
and Warships from Orient and to Evacu
ate Kiao Chow.
WILL KEEP INFORMATION OF IVfOVE- '
MENTS OF VESSELS STRICTLY SECRET
Japanese Preparing to Enter Province of Kiao Chow Fortifi
cations There Being Strengthened hy Thou
sands of Chinese Coolies.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
TOKIO, Auk. 21 Japan is quietly preparing for eventuali
ties following the expiration next Sunday of her ultimatum to
Germany demanding the witlid awal of German warships from
the Orient and the evacuation of Kiao Chow. Strict prohibition
las been placed on any information concerning the movements
of Japanese ships and troops. All correspondence is censored
end newspapers aro closely watched.
The War and Navy Departments arc preparing for a move
en Kiau Chow, .where, contrary to current reports, the German
fortifications arc really formidable, Since the outbreak of the
European war, thousands of Chinese coolies have been em
ployed in strengthening the defenses. It is believed that its
capture will be no easy task, Japanese newspapers and leacl
ina: Japanese officials express surprise at the tone of the
Anuricaii press that attribute sinister motives to Japan in
the sending of her ultimatum to Germany,
Lieutenant-Colonel Roussett, a retired -French military
critic of excellent reputation, says a great battle has begun
along a front of nearly 250 miles, 2,500,000 taking part.
"The most formidable shock in history" will occui on
Belgian soil, according to French military experts, when the
great armies of Germans and Austrians on one side and the
allied troops of Belgium, France and Great Britain on the
oilier come into close contact, No definite information as to
the place where the decisive encounter is to occur is per
mitted to pass censoring, but the general staff of the French
army declares that it is confident of the fighting being under
the best auspices for its own forces,
The English Mediterranean fleot, supported by French
warships and In conjunction witli the Montenegrin batteries
on Mount Lovchen on Wednesday bombarded the Austrian
fortifications at Cattaro, greatly damaging them,
Libau, a Russian Baltic Sea port, was badly damaged
during its two-hour bombardment by the Gorman fleet, ac
cording to the captain of a Swedish steamer, Its inhabitants
are panic stricken.
German warships are reported to have destroyed the
harbor works at Hango, Finland,
The final call to arms, affecting all able-bodied men
from 20 to 42 years, lias been issued by the Austrian gov
ernment, The services of the Anglo-American Rough Riders Corps
formed in Paris have been accepted by the French Minister
of War,
Sudden Death of Five Marshfield Men Caused When Speeding
Automobile Crashed Over Pony Slough Bridge Near
North Bend High School.
LATE RUMOR SAYS DRIVER TRIED TO
STEER CLEAR OF LITTLE BOY ON' BRIDGE
-The
Shocking Experience Temporarily Unbalances Ivan Born-
; Community Horrified by Details of Catastrophe
Inquest to Be Held Tonight.
' A rumor became current this afternoon that throws a dif
ferent light on the cause of the Davis auto wreck, It was
started by the statements of a Walker girl, who is also said to
I ' i -. I 1 1 ' I i r ii M 1 1 r t
nave wiuiusseu uiu uuumuni iium near me iNorin dciki nlgli
School, She told of the Kalond bov nulling a small wnenn
j, across the bridge as the automobilot approached and that it
appeared niai ivn, unvis, in auompinig 10 sieer clear of the
' boy, turned too far to the right and was unable to regain the
road after having made the turn on to the biidge. Tlio Kalond
boy stated that lie had to dodge to escape being hit by the
machine and in a measure corroborates this story,
If this is true, it indicates that the five lives were sacrificed
, to avoid injuring the little lad,
EXTENT OF FRENCH PRIZES.
(Bv Associated Press to The Coos Bav Times,
PARIS, Aug:, 21, Martin savs that the French have cap
tured thus far ninoty-ono German field guns, four flays and
nineteen automobiles,
AEROPLANES AND DIRIGIBLES BUSY.
(Bv Associated Press fo Tho'Coos Bav Times,)
AMSTERDAM, Aug, 21, A'Zoppelin airship passed, over
- GERflfiflSS EHTER CITY OF BRUSSELS
WITHOUT FIRING SINGLE SI
GHENT (via Paris), Aug, 21, German Hussars and Uh-
Zoenaai today. Dutch soldiers shot at it and the dirigible inno nnuP, TlmrsHnv nmmlnff mi m shooting grounds at tho ' mix wnmi
:., i .... n. -. .. r i' .. A..-H -7. ...!!.. n... -" .-j -i- ; " ". r " v..
Ono of tho ni out disastrous nutn
inmillu accidents In thu history of
Cooh County occurred yesterday af
ternoon nliotit I: :ii) o'clock, when n
toiirlnK ear drivun liy Minion! Davis
plunged off the I'ony Slough bridge,
killing flvo men.. Seven men wuro
In the cur when It Jumped from tho
bridge, mid the oscnpo of two,
(Joorgo Wimfon mid I vim Horn, was
tonsldcred mlrai'iiloiiH.
The lleail.
Tin. ,''d nii'ii wore:
DLUFOIU) DAVIS, n wealthy
rancher of Coon lllver, who owned
and drove the car.
.lAMKS WASSON, proprietor of u
flHh market la thin city.
JOHN NKIOATIION, known iir
fMiini Itifilr " ti ti'itll.lf iwiii'ii liimil
V (111 II 11 V l II MUM'ltllUIMI IWl M I
. . m . a . I T II TI IvIHW VII I i f vl i i w ..! . . . . - -r-, w - . . . . w ,. . .c-l (,, ,.-.-. - , . .. ..-. .. . .
t.iRnhi,, .iii'i nvnr I in (irrmnn tinnnm-. Aunt Wo.r Zounr 111 I GW ,.i ..t n.,. .!,!!, .- !, Pi.r.mneinr iA.it n norm Hi " i' .I'l-.nhi. one or tuepio-
" ii , , I , i. n I (Ubo ui uiuoomo, vYiiuiiui mi. UUI8UMI ion1 u kiii iu ivti, njr tun, prietorH of the union
over Maastricht last night. Gorman aeroplanes havo boon seen j,em n Q afternoon German officers occupying an amo ''"nt snoot m..i bo
rnnni'r nvnr Mnllmvl in cnwnrnl flimntiniiQ. i i- ii !.. I If . ..t.!U ,lil,, f t..nnnr .,. H,,,mw,I, "CIiiIh" I'cderHen.
"WUI""" . in ii, vhu V.I.WWHW..U, wonl tu uiu tjny mill, WIIIIU UUltlWIIIIUIIld UI II VV)Q WUIIl UllUllftll 'ie IllJlllVll.
various parts of the city, Many inhabitants of Brussels are , noow wiuhhhi. u imitiior or
COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED. leaving for Ghent and Ostonri, Tho gonoral opinion is that the J,X? jnlJJUrt w'S thrown'ml'
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times,) Germans will only pass through the city or at most mako a uh r t uu mne or mo niddont.
B LONDON, Aug, 21, Telegi anli .communication between short stay. Tho city was occupied without, firing a sho t. nauiV1' "uTi1.1;.?. wSVJii.TiSS'l.i".!
oiusseis aiui uigianu was enureiy iiuonupieci louay ami uu a telegram irom usienci io loiiuoii saici me main uociy or who were wiii.
(lispatchps wore accented for any place in the Belgian pro- the German army around Brussels camped for the night i SiV'wiw" umn'""!
Hiitea ui Liiiiuoiiigi LiugOi iNUiiun, LUAuiiiuuifti uuiuuiu ui jusi ouisicie mo cuy, WHICH UllUtlUV HUH UUUII lUllllctliy uuou
rtiuwcip, except ror tno city oi Aiuwei p,
GERMAN FORCE DEFEATED. s '
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
PARIS, Aug, 21 , French forces dofeated a detachment of
German cavalry in an engagement near Basol. The Germans
letirpfl m tho direction of St, Louis, leaving 500 dead and
wounded on tho field, Thoy lost most of their horses,
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times,)
PARIS, Aug, 20, French troops in Lorraine aro reported
to b approaching etz. It is expected that the Germans will
make a determined stand there,
ALL JOIN IN DEFENSE.
nied bv a small advance guard. Tho remainder of tho troops
will outer the Belgian capital today,
MEN OE M NATIONS WOULD
1 IN DEFEATING GERMANY
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) ;
PARIS, Aug, 21, The groat square fronting tho Invalides
t r . T"i r ! i I a !l.! - -. . .1 -. . I-. 1 . ,1 . . . . . K , - 1 II tlMt aisivi
iby Associated rress to I no uoos oay limes,; i presented a sinning spuuuiwo muuy ( whoii io.uuu lyiuin
LUuuiN, Aug, 21, A dispatch trom ine nague says me volunteers assemmea in oiaeny loiinuuoii unuui iiab ui moii
Horn.
the cur
with thoxe killed, hut In ouch n posi
tion that only IiIh rlKht arm wiih
held, the oiIko or the oveituriiod
car roHtliiK across IiIh iIkIU wrlnt.
He wau rendered iiuroiiRcloiiH hy the
rail, hut wiih Immediately hroiiKht to
his FtniHOK hy a kick on thu Klde or
the head hy u heavy calked shoe.
IIIh head and oara were cut by tho
blow and tho water stimulated him
to action. He had taken much wa
ter Into hi luiiKH, durliiK hln un
coiihi loimuotw, hut mauiiKed to rid
liliiiHoir of It Nheii he raltiod IiIh
head. He wan then nolo to dig
through the soft mud mid mnku Ills
escape. All tho time he wiih con
fined under the car ho was linilsod
hy tho kicks mid utriiKKlcK or his
companions, hut endeavored to pull
them out when ho wan released.
Whou he finally (reed himself, how
ever, tho flvo ImprlHoued men had
Heroine stilled, ami wiion rescuers
prepa.ations for tlio defense of Antwerp extend over an enor-1 various nations to be mustered in. There were 4500 Jews from 0';S;:;'vn- ZZ t'"" w,lB " ""(' r'SLttXriiiWii' u.T1
rnous area. All classes in the city joined in the work, night and , all countries of the world, who desired to serve as a separate ( (). ,, WitT: ""; ,',,"Bj 'l,l? 1"M,M' "
day, but there was no sign of a panic, command, 3000 Belgians, 4500 Italians, 2600 Russians, 2000 ' jyng wkt oMng. r,y&r S rrwi? rS
HHKMflrs nnrTR p flnuflnH dm rKANUt. 'wss. uuu ana a usi uuu nuuniaiiui&i oou luauiiiuuikiuii&i i,..i
PARIS, Aug. 21, The official news bureau made public 'and 125 Americans, All these volunteers were obliged to wait ki?ii. n
tin ll,n r F..- i! x- .il. A..nn !.-. 41,. wininHw nf . .-.Ill Un nnmnlrtinn nf Hin mnhill-7nHon nf Hn FfOnnll rOBIMflrc. V?nr lno '
"ui mi- uuilliailS COIUinue IO pass IIIU muuau in mo viwim vi .unm uic uiiikiiuii ui ua- iiiuMiiitMiiun ui uiu i luuv,,, .uhunuu
nuy and important concentration is being carried out in Belgium which was accomplished yesterday,
mis morning, No French territory s occupied by the uermans
except a piece of enclosed land at Audun, Leronan.
FALSE AND FAKE NEWS SENT ' nnP(V,
OUT BY THE UNITED PRESS
llT M , An Official Statement.
To Members of The Associated Press: , 4 nn . , .
D "NEW YORK, Aug, 20,-Pope Pius died at 1 :20 o'clock
Home time Thursday morning, as announced by dispatches
o The Associated Press,
"There is six hours' difference In time between New
York and Rome, so that the hour of his death in New York
time was 7:20 p, m, n ,,
... J'At 2:29 p, m, New York time, or 8:29 p, m, Rome time,
Wednesday, or four hours and fifty-one minutes before the
rpntiff actually passed away, the United Press Association
distributed throughout this country the formal announce
ment that the Pope was dead, As will be seen, the .United
rress announcement was false," , , n
MELVILLE E, STONE, Gen'IMgr,, Associated Press,
PRESIDENT'S PUN FOR BUYING
SHIPS APPROVED ii CONGRESS IS
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
WASHINGTON, Aug, 20, The President's plan to issue
$30,000,000 worth of Panama Canal bonds to buy merchant
1 1' -year-old hon of Joo
fnrmer IIvIiik In I'latt II.
Mnrshfluld-Xnrth Dend road.
Ho wns koIiik nftor tho cows and
was htandliiK on ti o IiiIiIko when
'tho car hoarliiK Hi" doomed men
, came down tho hill. AccordliiK to
i the hoy tho machine was approach
Miik tho hrldgo at a Kood speed mid
was golm; from ono side of the road
to the other. .Michael was KtaudniK
on the nil of the hrldi-c and he end
to Jump aside to avoid IiuIiik struck.
nl nra"ov nelnhuors at onre.
tays that the moil under
shouted to he roleasod and
It was Home time heforo inon caiuu
mid righted the car.
WiissniiV I'Ncape,
Whon tho car started to fall,
iJoorKo Wasson jumped, or foil, from
tho inachliio and wns not Injured.
Ho ondoavorod to rnlso tho machlno
hluKlo-handed and to pull
I'lilmolor Tiled.
A pulmotor machlno was hurried
from North lleiid nnd first tried cm
niuford Davis, who showud mora
kIkiih of animation than tlio other.
After n few moments, however, It
was worked on .lames Was in. nl
without HUtcess. It was then ap
plied iikiiIii to D?v', on wl om In
the meantime efforts of lutnd-rotm-cltatloii
had Htlniulnted somo hIkiio
of life and who was thoiiKht to l
fairly started toward recovery.
Left .Maoliflelil on I'easuie Tilji.
The party left Mamhfleld iihout it
o'clock for a little pleasuru rldo to
Kmplro mid leturn. When they
started from .Murshrield J. Cj'Kollj.
proprietor or several launches on
tho Hay. was with tho u-ovd, hut
had a "hunch." ns ho expressed It,
mid refused to ko uIciiik, KettluR out
nt North lleiid. 1'earliiK koiiiu sort
liar on Xorth of an accident, I'ederson also trleil
butter known as to refuse the trip, hut wns prevailed
upon to ko iiIoiik. Ho was unite re
luctant annul makliiK the trip.
Horn .loins Party,
When thoy stopped at North ttond.
Ivnn Horn, who had not accompanied
them from .Mmshfleld, wiih called
upon to brliiK a round of drlakn
from a saloon before which ho wns
IoiiukIiik. Ho did so, mid then tho
crowd went Inside ror nnolhor drJnlc
apiece, staying In the saloon hut a
row moments. Horn was asked (o
Ko iiIoiik to Kniplre with tho pnrly
and as he had woik that way dooldcd
Io bo. Thoy left North lleiid short
ly after I o'clock.
Clouds d'o (o Scene.
After tho accident n Kroat crowfl
was attracted. Several physicians
were quick to loach the scono, but
beyond the into of tho pulmotor.
nothluK eould he done for tho men.
No examination wiih inado for hrokea
bones or Intornal Injuries at that
tlmo.
Ilodles HroiiKht to .Mil isli field.
Tho bodies wore hroiiKht to Mnrah
rield late In tho nvonlnff, tho lindlc
or Was- . ml Davis IicIiik left at
the Wlls . i'ndeitukliii; Parlors ami
(bono of redoiseii. NoIkhHioii and
Hill Wlrth woio taken to Dtingan's.
Car Not DauiiiKeil Much.
The wrecked car or llluford I)aIt
was towed lit to tho Smith & Wad
morning.
but
Its
ony
raised
after nbout two boms' work and
towed hero by another car. It was
steered with Its own Koar, sbowlnc
that nothluK was broken about the
stoerliiK npparatus, as waH at flrtt
suspected. It wns Htipponutt that the
broakiiKe of tho steering Roar cauisad
tho accident, hut Mr. Smith stnted
this morniiiK that absolutely nothing
was wtouk with that part of the
mechanism. The body or the car
was allKhtly bent out or shapo, but
tho oiikIiio was not damaged. Sev
eral blood stains showed on the
rlKht side or tho car when It reached
hero.
UOIt.V IIADIA' HATTI.KI).
Could Not (Jive Coherent Answers it
Questions at Hospital.
Whon Ivan Horn was taken to Mer
cy Hospital nftor tho auto wrack on
...'.. i.l I'ony SIoiikIi last ovonlnir. ho was
men was enthusiastically supported by members of Congress, men beneath, hut could not succeed. I ba1y J'11"0""!) .t,,"t h?,pn0,,,,,ff"?t
ni r.. JU. . f tl-. hAiiHo uini-n rr iinn trt 'nnirrnpo 110 II Oil rail ICK IO AOllll 1101111.1 ". ". " .......-..
r a IS I UI IIIK &aie UI me uu uuo vvcio given w uungicoo uy ,..., fr lin1n ... ll.ninlllM'i tlio autnorities. ami Ills nc
- - r: , - , , i i i, i r i 'ii i r . i ciiiiiiik or
Secretary McAcioo ana mas, n is expeciea, win ue aaverusea boionginK to anm
fnrsnnn. !? . 'I1?..8.??'' J:
I he actual bill is being drafted by Secretary McAdoo, as- twenty minutes after it
slstftd bv marine exoerts. The bill will be introduced in the A. WI!,.,iad ?"" '" .V10,.1
House bv Representative Alexander! The passage of the ship they had righted' tho wrecked
nllo.!rr nnrl war inoiiranro hillc VAill Iip fwrwlitprl hu a onp-ilHo wns so far gone from tho
UUIOIiaoillB IIU eui iiiuuiuiiuw wmu ww x"l'"Vl,vu "J " "'"
cial rule in both houses of Congress,
King hurried
to tho spot, reaching tho scono of
tho accident probably not more than
occurred.
machine to
In tho roscuo, hut by tho tlmo
car,
gone from the flvo
men that nil efforts at resuscitation
were futile,
Hons woro so peculiar that ho was
for a tlmo turned over to tho police
for care. Ho did not wish' to remain
In tho hospital, tho scones and sur
roundings woiklng on his nerves to
such mi extent that ho was takon to
tho hoilor room for treatment Hi
would accept uo troatmont for Ids
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